Trabajando Para El Futuro Group

Ela is 50-years-old and lives in Zone G of Huaycan. She's separated and has 7 children, one of whom still lives with her. She's the president of the group "Trabajando para el Futuro" ("Working for the Future"), which consists of 7 neighbors and friends united by their desire to improve their lives. The group has been working with EDAPROSPO for a year and they hope to reach their goals thanks to its support.

Ela has sold chicken, beer, sodas, and other drinks for 20 years and she continues to do so in order to help her daughter Fabiola in her studies at a private school. She hopes to open her own poultry store with the money she's saving that her husband sends from the jungle. She hopes that her job and the working capital from EDAPROSPO will help her achieve her goals, even though she'll probably still need a little more assistance.

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About EDAPROSPO

EDAPROSPO seeks to use micro-credit to foster productive commercial activity for the sake of economic and social development within vulnerable urban and rural sectors traditionally neglected by commercial banks. By offering innovative products such as technical education loans and microfinance groups for young people, EDAPROSPO helps disadvantaged Peruvians lift themselves out of poverty.

This is a Group Loan

In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.

Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.